18 products reach end of support in 2014
41 part numbers across 6 vendors lose manufacturer support during 2014, and 1 of these products already carry a vulnerability CISA lists as actively exploited. Every date below is the vendor's own, linked to the bulletin it was read from. The biggest sets: Fortinet with 11, Cisco with 2, SonicWall with 2.
The largest retirements of 2014
Ranked by tracked part numbers reaching their last date of support this year.
Cambium Networks · Wireless access point · support ends Jun 2014 · 6 part numbers · Cambium Networks names XE3-4 as the migration path
details →Cisco · Switch · support ends May + Dec 2014 · 5 part numbers · Cisco names WS-X6824-SFP-2T as the migration path
details →Fortinet · Load balancer · support ends Jan 2014 · 2 part numbers
details →Cisco · Switch · support ends Mar 2014 · 2 part numbers · Cisco names WS-C3750G-24TS-E1U as the migration path
details →IBM · Enterprise hardware · support ends Mar + Dec 2014 · 2 part numbers
details →Everything reaching end of support in 2014, by quarter
Grouped the way budgets are built. A product appears at its earliest 2014 milestone; families where different part numbers carry different dates show every 2014 month.
Q1 · January to March
| Product | Vendor | Category | Support ends | Parts | Vendor-named replacement |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fortinet Coyote Point Xcel | Fortinet | Load balancer | Jan 2014 | 2 | none published |
| Fortinet Coyote Point 250si-r | Fortinet | Load balancer | Jan 2014 | 1 | none published |
| Fortinet Coyote Point 350si-r | Fortinet | Load balancer | Jan 2014 | 1 | none published |
| Fortinet Coyote Point 450si-r | Fortinet | Load balancer | Jan 2014 | 1 | none published |
| Fortinet Coyote Point 550si | Fortinet | Load balancer | Jan 2014 | 1 | none published |
| Fortinet Coyote Point 550si-r | Fortinet | Load balancer | Jan 2014 | 1 | none published |
| Fortinet Coyote Point 650si-r | Fortinet | Load balancer | Jan 2014 | 1 | none published |
| Fortinet Coyote Point Express | Fortinet | Load balancer | Jan 2014 | 1 | none published |
| Dell CLARiiON CX3 | Dell | Storage array | Mar 2014 | 11 | none published |
| Cisco Catalyst 3750G- Series | Cisco | Switch | Mar 2014 | 2 | WS-C3750G-24TS-E1U |
| IBM Enterprise System Connection ESCON Director | IBM | Enterprise hardware | Mar + Dec 2014 | 2 | none published |
| SonicWall SSL-VPN 200 | SonicWall | Secure remote access appliance | Mar 2014 | 1 | none published |
Q2 · April to June
| Product | Vendor | Category | Support ends | Parts | Vendor-named replacement |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fortinet FortiAnalyzer 800B | Fortinet | Logging & analytics appliance | Apr 2014 | 1 | none published |
| Fortinet FortiGate 100A | Fortinet | Next-generation firewall | Apr 2014 | 1 | none published |
| SonicWall Email Security 8000 KEV | SonicWall | Email security appliance | Apr 2014 | 1 | none published |
| Cisco Catalyst 6500 Series | Cisco | Switch | May + Dec 2014 | 5 | WS-X6824-SFP-2T, VS-S720-10G-3C |
| Cambium Networks Xirrus | Cambium Networks | Wireless access point | Jun 2014 | 6 | XE3-4, XV2-2 |
Q3 · July to September
| Product | Vendor | Category | Support ends | Parts | Vendor-named replacement |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fortinet FortiAnalyzer 2000A | Fortinet | Logging & analytics appliance | Sep 2014 | 2 | none published |
If your hardware is on this list
An end-of-service-life date is a planning fact, not an outage. The equipment keeps working past the date; what stops is vendor support: security patches, software maintenance, replacement hardware and TAC. The realistic paths, in the order most teams weigh them:
Replace on your schedule
Budget the refresh into the right quarter above. Where the vendor has named a successor it is listed in the table and linked, with its own lifecycle page, from each product page.
Third-party maintenance
Independent providers keep hardware running past the vendor date with break/fix, spare parts and on-site SLAs, usually below the last OEM renewal quote. It does not restore firmware or security patches; only the manufacturer ships those. What TPM covers, and what it does not.
Pre-stock spares
Buy spares while units still circulate and self-maintain. Pairs well with TPM for gear where a same-day part matters more than a contract.
Run to failure, documented
A deliberate choice for non-critical, easily replaced, well-segmented gear: record the risk, harden monitoring and backups, retire on your terms.
For internet-facing or compliance-scoped equipment, weigh the unpatched-vulnerability exposure first: 1 product on this list carries a CISA known-exploited vulnerability.
Work this list against your own inventory
Paste part numbers or drop a CSV into the bulk checker; it runs in your browser and returns each part's dates and source. Subscribe to the EOSL calendars to get these dates as events, or follow the change ledger for new announcements the week they appear.
2014 end-of-life questions
What hardware goes end of life in 2014?
EOSL.ai tracks 18 product families with 41 part numbers reaching their manufacturer's last date of support in 2014, across 6 vendors. The largest sets are Fortinet (11 products), Cisco (2 products), SonicWall (2 products). Every date on this page links to the vendor's own end-of-life bulletin.
Does hardware stop working at end of service life?
No. The equipment keeps running. What ends is manufacturer support: security patches, software maintenance, hardware replacement and TAC cases. The risk grows over time rather than arriving on the date, which is why the realistic responses are planning moves rather than emergencies.
What are the options when hardware reaches EOSL?
Replace it on your schedule, keep it running under third-party maintenance (hardware support only; security patches still end), pre-stock spares and self-maintain, or run non-critical gear to failure with the risk documented. The support options guide covers each path and how to choose per box.
Where do these 2014 dates come from?
Every date is read from the manufacturer's own published end-of-life bulletin, and each product row links to that bulletin so you can verify it at the source. Records show when they were last re-checked.